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The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office is asking the District Attorney's Office to file criminal charges against former McCloud Fire Chief Rick Dexter, stemming from allegations of sexual improprieties with a minor.

Sheriff Jon Lopey on Friday said his office received work-generated allegations. An investigator, working with the Major Crimes Unit, took the case on May 8 and submitted for review a complaint to the DA's Office around Nov. 28.

"We had to do a follow-up to run down the accusation," he said. "Right now, it's in the DA's hands. It will be up to the DA whether to file charges."

Dexter reportedly resigned from his job on Nov. 28, a month after officials in that small, rural town hired a Sacramento law firm to investigate the public workplace.

McCloud Community Services District General Manager Kimberly Paul and other officials on Thursday declined to elaborate on the resignation, citing personnel matters and state law.

As part of the investigation, detectives in September executed a search warrant for information on Facebook, Lopey said. He noted the charge cited is unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

On Thursday, Paul said Dexter's departure was related to the workplace probe, but she declined to say how because the law precluded her from commenting.

A reporter called a number listed as Dexter's business, Dexter's Mobile Repair, also on Thursday. A man who answered the phone said, "I'm not interested in talking. Thank you."

The district, which delivers water, sewer, trash collection, park, library, fire protection and ambulance services to some 600 households, is controlled by a five-member board of directors.

Agendas or minutes to meetings that happened before October are not online.

The minutes to an Oct. 9 special meeting show the board met in closed session for 29 minutes. When it reconvened in the open, directors announced they would hire Ellis Buehler Makus to do the workplace investigation.